8am start today as we went off on a cycle your of a local island. A short bike ride took us to the local ferry followed by a 10 minute crossing. Once across we went past paddy fields, saw all the local children who all shouted hello and waved as we went past. We the visited three places... Firstly a rice wine house where we went through the whole production process, and heard the owner play his guitar and sing. Then onto a weaving place where they made colourful ...

Well we slowed down today which was a nice change. Firstly we went to a local charity called Children Hope in Action which helps local disabled and disadvantaged children. It was run by an Australian lady called Jeanie who is over for 3 years building on the work. They provide food and sponsor children through school and cater for disabled children every day helping them become moe mobile and give their family a rest. It was a lovely part of the holiday bringing ...

Another early breakfast and we were on the bus at 8:30 leaving behind Hue for Hoi An. This involved a 3.5 hour coach ride. We left the main road to go up the pass the strides the mountains that split north and south Vietnam. Phi gave us a bit of a language lesson on the way where he tried to explain that most words have 5 different meanings depending on the tone you use when saying them. These are identified by the accents on the letter... Very interesting.... So...